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Scotland and Slovakia secured their places in the next phase of the World Wheelchair-B Curling Championships after finishing joint top of the Pool A standings at the Kisakallio Sports Institute in Lohja.

Both nations headed into their final day of round robin fixtures with four wins and one defeat to their names, but their teams had contrasting matches in the morning.

Scotland eased to a 14-1 win over Israel and Slovakia earned a nervy 5-4 triumph over Italy after scoring a crucial point in the eighth end.

They both shared top spot in the standings after Scotland defeated Turkey 11-1 in the evening, while Slovakia triumphed 9-0 against Slovenia.

Crucially England and Sweden also earned two victories as Pool A action drew to a close, leaving both teams tied for third place after five wins and two defeats.

The nations are due to contest a tie-breaker tomorrow which will decide the third team to progress to the next round.

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Since joining insidethegames.biz in 2015, Michael Pavitt has covered a variety of international multi-sport events, including the Baku 2015 European Games, the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games, Sapporo 2017 Asian Winter Games and Taipei 2017 Summer Universiade. He also reported on the UCI Presidential election in Bergen in 2017, as well as attending the IOC Session in Lima and three ANOC General Assemblies.

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At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.

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